Courts
Brett Sutton destroyed catering business, owner argues, as ‘slug gate’ trial begins
The former chief health officer is accused of unlawfully ordering the closure of a Melbourne catering company when a woman died after eating a sandwich it prepared.
- by David Estcourt
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Melbourne swingers club founder charged with rape
The organiser of a secret swingers network which claims “safety and consent are paramount” has been charged with the rape of a woman he met on a singles’ website.
- by Cameron Houston
Neo-Nazi leader pleads guilty to attack on hikers
Thomas Sewell will avoid facing trial after pleading guilty to a violent attack on a group of hikers at a Victorian state park.
- by Erin Pearson
‘If you turn off the hose again, you bastards’: Man jailed for 30 years over Mordialloc double murder
Before gunning down two of his neighbours in 2022, Rodney Lee, 74, had threatened to kill them over a dispute involving the communal garden at their bayside apartment complex.
- by Karen Sweeney
‘The Punisher’ could get $160,000 payout after losing court case
A judge is calling on the attorney-general to make a voluntary payment to ex-bikie Suleiman ‘Sam’ Abdulrahim after finding that his re-arrest in 2019 was lawful.
- by Erin Pearson
Tones and I fined $20,000 for illegal renovation to Frankston investment property
The pop star’s company and her husband have been fined by a magistrate for renovations to an investment property without building permits and ignoring a request to stop work.
- by Rachael Dexter
$6951 in the bank and some furniture: What was left in John Elliott’s will
There wasn’t much of an inheritance left for his children, as the fallen corporate titan held no real estate and very little cash at the time of his death.
- by Tom Cowie and Colin Kruger
‘We’re still hunted’: Ned Kelly family descendants lose legal bid for cultural protections
Joanne Griffiths, a fourth-generation descendant of Ned and Dan Kelly’s parents, John and Ellen Kelly, said the decision was the latest setback in clashes with Victoria’s legal system that has punished the family for more than a hundred years.
- by David Estcourt
Shade Solutions owner charged for failure to stop operating
Andrew John Valk, who is accused of swindling tens of thousands of dollars from customers in Victoria and NSW, has been charged by the consumer watchdog.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
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Victoria
Julia Gillard’s ex-partner Tim Mathieson to plead guilty to sexual assault
The ex-partner of former prime minister Julia Gillard has appeared in a Melbourne court charged with sucking a woman’s nipple without consent.
- by Erin Pearson
Boy ‘too young’ to be convicted over death of teen stabbed 50 times
A trial has heard a 13-year-old was part of a group who chased down and set upon Declan Cutler as he left a house party.
- by Erin Pearson